noun · neutersecond declension
mōlīmentum
mōlīmentum n (genitive mōlīmentī)
Meaning
- exertion, effort, endeavour
Praeterea se neque sine exercitu in eas partes Galliae venire audere quas Caesar possideret, neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse.
That, besides, neither dare he [Ariovistus] go without an army into those parts of Gaul which Caesar had possession of, nor could he, without great expense and trouble, draw his army together to one place.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.34
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōlīmentum | mōlīmenta |
| genitive | mōlīmentī | mōlīmentōrum |
| dative | mōlīmentō | mōlīmentīs |
| accusative | mōlīmentum | mōlīmenta |
| ablative | mōlīmentō | mōlīmentīs |
| vocative | mōlīmentum | mōlīmenta |
mōlīmentum, i, n. molior,
I. a great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt, undertaking (good prose, but not in Cic.): magno cum molimento procedunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 142, 5: neque se exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse, * Caes. B. G. 1, 34, 3:
motam certe sede suā parvi molimenti adminiculis, by machines of little power, Liv. 5, 22: eo minoris molimenti ea claustra esse, would cost the less labor, id. 37, 14: rex magni molimenti est, that has a great spirit of enterprise, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mōlīmentum ī, n
molior, a great exertion, trouble, effort : sine magno molimento, Cs.: parvi molimenti adminicula, of little power , L.: eo minoris molimenti ea claustra esse, would cost the less labor , L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin mōlīmentum From mōlior (“to strive, endeavor, undertake”) + -mentum.